This is a review on theoretical and experimental studies on dielectric microcavities, which
play a significant role in fundamental and applied research. The basic concepts and theories …

In addition to the striking beauty inherent in their complex nature, fractals have become a
fundamental ingredient of nonlinear dynamics and chaos theory since they were defined in …

Describes the chaos apparent in simple mechanical systems with the goal of elucidating the
connections between classical and quantum mechanics. It develops the relevant ideas of …

We propose a new definition of natural invariant measure for trajectory segments of finite
duration for a many-particle system. On this basis we give an expression for the probability …

Dynamical systems and their linear stability; 2. Topological chaos; 3. Liouvillian dynamics; 4.
Probabalistic chaos; 5. Chaotic scattering; 6. Scattering theory of transport; 7. Hydrodynamic …

High-power and highly directional semiconductor microcylinder lasers based on an optical
resonator with deformed cross section are reported. In the favorable directions of the far …

STANDING-WAVE patterns in electron density have been seen recently1–4 in images of the
surfaces of noble metals obtained with the scanning tunnelling microscope (STM). These …

We demonstrate the existence of resistance fluctuations in experimentally realizable ballistic
conductors due to scattering from geometric features. The magnetic-field and energy …

The concepts of time delay and dwell time in quantum mechanics, and their applications to
regular and chaotic scattering, to statistical mechanics, and to the tunneling time problem …

The application of random-matrix theory (RMT) to compound-nucleus (CN) reactions is
reviewed. An introduction into the basic concepts of nuclear scattering theory is followed by …